Centering device for car couplers



Jan. 10, 1928.

G. G. GLFIN .CENTERING DEVICE FOR CAR ooUPLERs Filed sept. so. 1926 1 f .veraor @ari/fa 45;,52

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.ftppteetion med September 3G, 19H6.

Beieigenee ie hed to the etceonopen i'ingi:` di?gewinne7 which iihistiete the pieif'ei'i'ed :toifin oit the invention, thongigh it is to he nndeistood that the invention ie not tniited Ato the eiioet detziiie of Construction shown and described, es it ie obvious that nations inedieetione thei'eoit 'within the Scope oi? the ein-inde Witt ocein" to persone ehiiied in the eit.

this device ie en iinpiovement of the een- 'teiing device tot eziir complete es deeeiihul in my Co-pending' iippiieetion Fiorini hie. 562,505, tiled Mey 9:0, which device comprises e couplet euppoi'ted upon :i can i'iei' ewingingiy suspended hy linke te e nienihei1 on the een. In this eo-pendinezippiiezition t have deeeiihec't sind ehiiined e eoneti'netion wherein the hnhe eennot he i'enioved ti'oin theiiu associated pitite heifoi'e the eonpiei: ie ienioied 'tiene the ein". Howevei'. thei'e are eonditione necessitating the i'einovei of the eeii'iei, oi' one oi: hoth oit the iinks, without i'enioving the eonplei' :troni the ein. To i'einove the couplet' Lti'oin the een it ninethe detached hoin the dieftt egem- Whieh is ditiici'dt and expensive oi the (hsrit't geen innst he removed with the coupler 'Whit-h ie even inote ditiicidt end expensive.

'.to moet Such conditions it is eitpedient to provide ineens to peiniit the i'elnovfd ot one oi hoth ot the iinhe troni the Cei (which :deo permite the eziitiei' to he ienioved) which ineens eiso pit-events the tintas, oi' either ot thein, tioin jumping; ont ot their pockets by iinpfiet ot the eine and tendine" the device. My invention ietetee to eneh e consti-notion.

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the etiheif It oi: othei' nieinhet ie ettiiehed to the een in enjv desired nie-niiet end the eonptei eett'iet" Q ie suspended ittoni the ineinhet 35 hy tinhe. These iinhe ptetemhhy herve T heede It et eeeh end engaging been inge in the eerrier and inettdierw reepeetitie'iW Serial .'tfo. 135,706.

ly. 'the "t" heads :it heth ends ot one link (5) find :it one end ot the othei1 their (ti) ere eo positioned sind dinieneioned that they eennot he removed tioln their i'eepeetive htm-ings hefoi'e the coupler is removed from the ein'. it. clip oi' other device ie eeenied, pieiei'zihty to the eti-ikei, teeming; ieinoim,u hie niezine. Which ineens ie so positioned that the t heed it the othei.' end oit' the other link (3 cannot he ieinoved tiene its heating heieie the couplet' removed :trein the eet or until euch means ie removed. rihie etip or othei' device ie also positioned eo thot the heed ei the other tink cannot jump ont oi ite hearing' while the eonptei1 je in opei'etive position. The depth of the heei'inggs in the sti'iheir ond eeniiiei, reepeetivety. is greater then the ifeitieet distance between the ton of the eonptei shank 8 and the nppei" Weit 9 of the opening1 in the eti'ikei.

Figs. t and .fi show :i inodiiied forni. ft horizontal heit l0 is need tot the pnipese specified which ie i'eniomhiy eecnied to the etiihei.

it eioiint i.. The Combination in e i'ziihifoy coi" oi :t eonplei. :i nielnhei it'eetiiietingn the npwntd inet/ement of the eonpiei, n eonpiet emiiei', :ind hnhs swinqehhy suspending; the opposite ende of the eziitiei to Said nieinhei one oi Seid iinhe having; e 4mt hefid at its nppei end engaging; hearings in seid inelnhei' ot ieee depth then the distnnee hetween the top ot the Coiipiet ehenh end the adjacent time ot seid ineinhei.

2. The eoinhinzition in si iziiiwzijif ein' of :i eonpiei, e ineinhei iestiietinef the upvmtd nioii'einent et the eonpiei'. o eonpiei' eeiiiei, iinhs ewingehiy eneijending the opposite ende oit the eziiiiei' to seid inelnhei, one ot Seid iinhe having; :i n`lheet`t et ite tippen end engaging hearings in seid inemhei et ieee depth then the distance hetween the top of the couplet ehnntt end the edieeent 'thee of said tneinhei, end teniovehie ifeteiiiing meente for hotding the T-heed in piene dni.

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